Theatre
The Skinny theatre guide to plays, musicals, and theatre festivals throughout Scotland. We bring you the latest news in Scottish theatre, with highlights and reviews. Get backstage access with The Skinny's exclusive playwright, director, and festival curator interviews.
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InterviewsAnna Krzystek: Facing The Experimental
One of Scotland's entries for New Territories talks of her love for the festival Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
InterviewsJanis Claxton on Humanimalia
Contemporary choreographer Janis Claxton has devised new methods of communication through dance – taking its cue from the Great Apes Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Shows
The Old Woman Who Lived... @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Jill and Jack, the old woman’s children whom she used to whip soundly, have grown up into adults scarred from abuse who are waiting to meet their mothe... Read more »| 26 Feb 2011 -
Venue Of The Month
Revealing the New (venue of the month)
A Venue without Walls Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
ShowsLord of the Flies @ Theatre Royal, 2-5 Mar
Choreographic legend gets local and tribal Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
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Revelations and Awakenings
Two very different companies present two programmes of dance that raises questions of performance-ready work. Read more »| 22 Feb 2011
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ShowsBorn Again @ Tron Theatre, 2-5 Mar
Flatrate get that old time religion Read more »| 15 Feb 2011 -
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Wrestling @ The Arches, 11 Feb
He's a sly dog, this Rob Drummond. Having spent ages telling every interviewer that there's no real intellectual justification for his love of wrestling, he ... Read more »| 15 Feb 2011 -
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Strange Doings
It's a folk session, it's a ballad, it's the NTS Read more »| 14 Feb 2011 -
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We Will Rock You @ The Kings
The Bohemians are back. Following a successful 2009 tour, We Will Rock You returns to Scotland in all its crowd-pleasing glory. Packed with Queen’s inh... Read more »| 05 Feb 2011 -
ShowsHe's Just a Small Town Boy
Zombies in Ayrshire? It must be a social realist drama, then Read more »| 01 Feb 2011 -
Interviews
Macabre Animation
1927 aren't exactly an uncomplicated skip through sunny summer afternoons, but their gothic aesthetic is informed by both a genteel humour and Russian surrea... Read more »| 01 Feb 2011 -
Venue Of The Month
Venue of the Month: Bedlam
Less chaotic than its name suggests, here is one independent venue set to survive the crunch Read more »| 31 Jan 2011 -
Interviews
Rob Drummond: Wrestling the Critic
For his latest play, Rob Drummond has experienced blood, sweat, tears and physical injury. And that was just his research... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
Shows
Move @ ABC
Tony Mills is not only one of the hardest working dancers in Scotland, he is almost one of the most restless. When not painting his body white for some Butoh... Read more »| 23 Jan 2011